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_0ffh ◴[25 Jan 16 12:42 UTC] No.10966835[source]▶

When digging inside my Acorn Risc-PC I once found a message along the lines of "Help! We are being kept in a cellar and forced to write software!"... :-)

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_0ffh ◴[25 Jan 16 13:06 UTC] No.10966928[source]▶

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Okay, I checked on the details. The verbatim message was "Help! We're being held prisoner in a software factory!". Close enough! :)

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1. rwmj ◴[25 Jan 16 13:40 UTC] No.10967069[source]▶

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A reference to this story? https://store.bbc.com/jackanory/help-i-am-a-prisoner-in-a-to...

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2. _0ffh ◴[25 Jan 16 13:48 UTC] No.10967106[source]▶

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Hah, I didn't know about that story, but it certainly sounds plausible!

3. mikeash ◴[25 Jan 16 16:05 UTC] No.10967890[source]▶

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The general form of this joke apparently goes back to at least the 1950s:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=264228

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